As the US moves from a ‘post-truth’ election to post-Trump inauguration, markets ponder an uncertain future for the world economy. Ivor Bennett canvasses analysts on what they expect to emerge from the new president’s first months in office.

“Alternative facts,” proffered by Kellyanne Conway, is a “George Orwell phrase,” Washington Post reporter Karen Tumulty says. In college, “we will flunk you if you use alternative facts,” Frank Sesno says.

The change would be a profound one for the health insurance program for low-income people, raising a host of thorny political and financial questions.

In this essay, Brian Stelter lists 50 questions about the Trump administration, trust and the truth. “What will you believe?”

Brian Fallon, who was the Hillary Clinton campaign’s press secretary, says Sean Spicer clearly “lied” and should be called out for it. Fallon suggests that “he should have resigned rather than go out and take the podium.”

Some lawmakers are pushing the idea of the pools, which in the past left many people with pre-existing conditions uncovered or with strict limits to health care.